diff --git a/gpt4all-chat/localdocs.cpp b/gpt4all-chat/localdocs.cpp
index fbe92c36..9bd804b5 100644
--- a/gpt4all-chat/localdocs.cpp
+++ b/gpt4all-chat/localdocs.cpp
@@ -808,7 +808,6 @@ LocalDocs *LocalDocs::globalInstance()
 LocalDocs::LocalDocs()
     : QObject(nullptr)
     , m_database(new Database)
-    , m_retrieveInProgress(false)
 {
     connect(this, &LocalDocs::requestAddFolder, m_database,
         &Database::addFolder, Qt::QueuedConnection);
@@ -834,16 +833,12 @@ void LocalDocs::removeFolder(const QString &collection, const QString &path)
 
 void LocalDocs::requestRetrieve(const QList<QString> &collections, const QString &text)
 {
-    m_retrieveInProgress = true;
     m_retrieveResult = QList<QString>();
-    emit retrieveInProgressChanged();
     emit requestRetrieveFromDB(collections, text);
 }
 
 void LocalDocs::retrieveResult(const QList<QString> &result)
 {
-    m_retrieveInProgress = false;
     m_retrieveResult = result;
     emit receivedResult();
-    emit retrieveInProgressChanged();
 }
diff --git a/gpt4all-chat/localdocs.h b/gpt4all-chat/localdocs.h
index 74a9eab7..fe2da6a2 100644
--- a/gpt4all-chat/localdocs.h
+++ b/gpt4all-chat/localdocs.h
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ private:
 class LocalDocs : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
-    Q_PROPERTY(bool retrieveInProgress READ retrieveInProgress NOTIFY retrieveInProgressChanged)
 
 public:
     static LocalDocs *globalInstance();
@@ -62,14 +61,12 @@ public:
 
     QList<QString> result() const { return m_retrieveResult; }
     void requestRetrieve(const QList<QString> &collections, const QString &text);
-    bool retrieveInProgress() const { return m_retrieveInProgress; }
 
 Q_SIGNALS:
     void requestAddFolder(const QString &collection, const QString &path);
     void requestRemoveFolder(const QString &collection, const QString &path);
     void requestRetrieveFromDB(const QList<QString> &collections, const QString &text);
     void receivedResult();
-    void retrieveInProgressChanged();
 
 private Q_SLOTS:
     void retrieveResult(const QList<QString> &result);
@@ -77,7 +74,6 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
 private:
     Database *m_database;
     QList<QString> m_retrieveResult;
-    bool m_retrieveInProgress;
 
 private:
     explicit LocalDocs();